• 45th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.31% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 181 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nián (Nian2)surname Nian
2. nián (nian2)year • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

今年 
 
拜年 
新年 
龙年 (龍年)

Medium Frequency

兔年 
去年 
少年 
年代 
年夜 
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
年年 
年底 
年度 
年会 (年會)
年纪 (年紀)
年级 (年級)
年终 (年終)
年华 (年華)
年货 (年貨)
年轻 (年輕)
年头 (年頭)
年龄 (年齡)
明年 
更年期 
当年 (當年)
童年 
周年 (週年)
过年 (過年)
青年 
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  • 558th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 40 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhōng (zhong1)end • finish

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhōng (zhong1)The component is pronounced as 'dōng' (dong1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhōng (zhong1)The component is pronounced as 'zhǐ' (zhi3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

终于 (終於)

Medium Frequency

始终 (始終)
年终 (年終)
最终 (最終)
 ()
终极 (終極)
终生 (終生)
终究 (終究)
终结 (終結)
终结者 (終結者)
终身 (終身)
终点 (終點)
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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